So last night we played the follow-up battle to this:

http://www.bugmansbrewery.com/topic/29396-the-death-of-a-prince-the-grudge-of-a-king/

It was a 2500 points of Dwarves vs. Empire

Sorry for any spelling/grammatical errors as english is by no means my first language.

My list was as follows:

Runed up lord on shieldbearers
2 runesmiths, tooled for magic defense
2 cheap master engineers
1 BSB with master rune of Grungni (boy did that rune earn its points worth many times over)
28 warriors with GW and full command
28 warriors with GW and full command
20 Quarreler rangers with full command and great weapons
2 runed up cannons
2 runed up grudges throwers
1 Organs cannon

My esteemed Empire opponent brought ca. the following:

Lord on horse + some magic weapons and armor
lvl 4 wizard lord, lore of metal
lvl 2 wizard, lore of fire.
BSB
Fighty captain
50 spearmen
20 greatswords
20 halbarders
20 handgunners
30 swordsmen
10 handgunners
10 crosbowmen
5 knights
3 great cannons
1 mortar

True to the narrative, the Empire started in controle of the watchtower, which was garrisoned by 20 Halbarders.

Dwarves turn 1:
Nothing really moved and then came the thunder of the war machines. 5 quarreller rangers that were able to shoot out of the inn they had garrisoned, did an impressive 2 wounds to the Metal Wizard lord. (he failed 2 of 3 look out sir on 4+) One of the grudge throwers killed off one of the great cannons. One of my cannons put 2 wounds on one of the other great cannons. The Organ cannon killed 9 Halbarders in the watchtower.

Empire turn 1:
Most of the empire battle line moved forward. Winds of magic came up with a 9 which turn into 8 dice for each of us because of MR of balance. He tried curse of rust on a warrior unit, it got dispelled. He then went for IF and tossed 7 dice (he had some staff that allowed for an extra dice) to cast the final transmutaion. Luckily there was no IF, but the spell got cast on a very high casting value. Not wanting to see approx. 10 warriors get turned into gold i used a dispel rune. The wounded great cannon did an impressive shot where it killed off a cannon and a master engineer in one shot. His other shooting killed maybe 2 rangers and a warrior.

Dwarves turn 2:
The 2 main blocks marched full speed ahead. The rangers stayed in the Inn. The organ cannon ended the wizard lords life with an impressive 8 hits. One of my cannons took the last wound off the wounded great cannon. The rangers killed 1 or 2 greatswords. The max runed very expensive grudgethrower proved why it was so expensive, as it landed a str 5 template in the middle of the large spearman unit. It splattered 17 state troops. Still no close combat.

Empire turn 2:
The Empire line advanced further. The knights and mounted Lord were now getting very close the Dwarven warmachines on my right flank, and would be charging my remianing cannon next turn. The Greatswords charged the rangers in the Inn, stand and shoot killed 1 greatsword. Winds of magic gave off 9 dice once again. The lvl 2 fire wizard who was camping with the state trooper spearmen got of a fireball that i failed to dispel. It killed 3 warriors in the unit directly in front of them. All the remaing 6 dice got thrown into casting a cage of fire on the same warrior unit. Again there was no IF, but the spell got through and i used my last dispel rune. The mortar got a partial hit on some warriors and killed 2 more. The great cannon didnt hit a thing. The Greatswords lost combat to the rangers in the Inn (GW´s are AWESOME on dwarves 😃)

Dwarves turn 3:
Seeing that the humans had gotten within sprint distance the warriors in front of large spear man unit tried to charge. Alas their short legs could not carry them far enough. The other warrior block containing King Haakon hjarl and his shieldbearers moved towards the tower. The rangers decided to take the fight to enemy and got of the Inn right behind the Greatswords, facing towards a small handgunner unit. This ment that the greatswords and rangers now stood back to back would not be charging eachother any time soon. My Organ cannon turned towards the knight closing in on the right flank and killed 2 of them. Sadly they did not panic. A grudgethrower and a cannon shot at them as well, but both missed completely. The other grudgethrower killed a nice chunk of greatswords.

Empire turn 3:
The knights and general charged my remaining cannon on the right flank. The spearmen stood their ground and waited to recieve the charge. The large 20 man handgunner detachment unit moved in close, so would be able to do a close support stand and shoot if/when the GW warriors would charge the spearmen. The last few Greatswords started to move towards my left flank, and so would play no further role in this battle. The State trooper swordman unit moved towards the watchower. They were supported by a small 10 man crossbow detachment. Magic was completely shot down by the power of runes. Nothing got through. Master rune of Grungi saved my Organ cannon from being turned into scrap metal by a cannonball. The mortar and 10 man handgunner unit put the hurt on my rangers. 7 or 8 died and they were down to 10 man but still did not panic. The knights and lord only managed to put 1 wound on the cannon as they had to charge through a blessed bulwark to get to it. Little did it help as the cannon crew rolled a 10 on the breaktest and so got crushed. The knights overran towards my Organ cannon standing on a central hill.

Dwarves turn 4:
Every Dwarf on the field that wernt crewing a warmachine charged. The warriors with my King charged the tower. The other warrior block containing my bsb charged the large spearman unit. The 20 man handgunner detatchment killed only a few warriors with stand and shoot, thanks to MR of Grungni. The remaining rangers charged the small 10 handgunner unit. The only shooting that managed to do anything significant was my Organ cannon that killed the remaining 3 knights, leaving the Lord standing alone. In close combat my rangers killed 8 handgunners, the last 2 ran for the kills. In the watchtower, my lord and his entourage of angry greatweapon wielding dwarves, had hoped to kill off all of the last 11 Halbarders so that they, themselves could fority it. Due to some poor rolling on my kings behalf only 8 halbarders were killed, leaving 3 alive. Being in a building they were still steadfast and thus did not break. My other warrior block hit home on the spearmen who would be delivering a scary 36 attacks before I even got to swing an axe. Those 36 attacks translated into 4 or 5 dead warriors, leaving me with about 20 still alive. The whole unit was able to strike back and killed about 10-12. Ws4 str5 hurts a LOT on statetrooper spearmen. One of my runesmiths that was also with the unit put a single wound on the Empire BSB in a challenge. The Empire Bright wizard got hacked to pieces by a few dwarves that were in basecontact with him. All in all the spearmen lost combat with about 5 and so needed to roll a 4 on the break test. They couldnt and thus they ran. The dwarves were quick to pursue, but not quick enough. Their pursuing did however bring them into contact with the supporting 20 man handgunner unit. The Empire line was serverly battered at this point.

Empire turn 4:
Seeing that his line was crumbling fast and the watchtower under heavy attack, the Empire general issued a counter charge in an attempt to regain controle of the table centre, and take the heat off of the watch tower. The counter attack came in the form of the large state trooper swordman unit who charged the front of the warrior+King unit. 10 crossbow men got a flank charge off on the same unit. The now solo general on horseback charged the deadly organ cannon that had taken a heavy toll on the Empire forces. The spearmen that were down to about half size (ca. 25.) rallied and reformed to face the warriors or countercharge should the handgunners hold in the comming close combat fase. All magic-users had been put to the axe so there would be no more spell casting. Shooting was very ineffective and killed next to nothing. In close combat the handgunners lost combat and broke. The warriors did not pursue and reformed so that they could charge the now rallied spearmen again. At the center of the line the king and his warriors were faced with hold off a charge from both front and flank. Crossbowmen and swordsmen killed maybe 3 or 4 warriors. In a challenge an empire captain killed one my runesmiths before he could land a blow. The runesmith, however, had many angry friends with great weapons and a king with one nasty runic great weapon. They hacked and slashed and slew 3 crossbowmen + about 10 swordsmen. Even with the flank charge, the towers would-be-rescuers, lost combat by a lot. Both crossbowmen and swordsmen broke and ran for their lives. The king and his warriors stood their ground and prepaired for the final assault on the watchtower. The lonely Empire general put 1 wound on the Organ cannon, who then proceeded to roll 11 on the breaktest and got run over.

Dwarves turn 5:
The king and his warriors charged the tower again, which was now only held by 3 very brave/foolish halbarders. My BSB leading his warriors, charged the spearmen. The last of the rangers closed in on the remaining great cannon. One of my grudgethrowers killed more greatswords, but still they marched on. The other grudgethrower missed in their attempt to kill of the empire general. In close combat the 3 halbarders killed 1 warrior before being hacked to pieces by the king. The victorious king and his warriors now garrisoned the watchtower and proudly raised their banner as a sign of dwarven superiority. The spearmen stood their ground bravely once again against the 2nd block of warriors. They killed 2 warriors. In return they lost about 7 or 8. They broke again and this time they were run down and killed to the last man by the vengefull Dawi.

Empire turn 5:
The Empire line was in tatters at this point. The remaining of the 20 man handgunner unit kept on running. The Statetrooper swordsmen and their captain rallied and turned to face the last rangers who was closing in from the left flank. The empire general marched towards a grudgethrower. The last great cannnon had a perfect flankshot lined up on the warriors that had just killed off the spearmen. Luckily for the dwarves the shut got stuck in the mud and failed to bounce.

At this point it was obvious that the field firmly belonged to the Dawi, and thus the Empire general sounded the retreat.